Ports of the State

Puertos del Estado
IndustryPort management
FoundedNovember 24, 1992; 31 years ago (1992-11-24)
Headquarters,
Spain
Area served
Spain
Key people
Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, Chairman[1]
ServicesPorts management
RevenueIncrease 1.24 billion (2023)[2]
Decrease 300 million (2023)[2]
Total assetsDecrease 12.9 billion (2023)[2]
OwnerGovernment of Spain
Number of employees
100,000 direct and 175,000 indirect[3]
ParentMinistry of Development
Divisions46 ports
28 Port Authorities
Websitepuertos.es

Ports of the State (Spanish: Puertos del Estado) is a State-owned company responsible for the management of state-owned ports. The company executes the port policy of the Government and coordinates and controls the efficiency of the port system, made up of 28 Port authorities that manage the 46 ports of general interest.

This company, along with ENAIRE, exists for a constitutional mandate in Article 149, which grants the State the exclusive competence of ports and airports.

  1. ^ Velasco, Santiago (2021-12-01). "El cartagenero Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena será el nuevo presidente de Puertos del Estado". COPE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. ^ a b c "El sistema portuario cierra el ejercicio 2022 con una cifra de negocio récord, 1.238 millones de euros". Canaryports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  3. ^ "El sistema portuario estatal cierra el ejercicio 2023 con una cifra de negocio de 1.238 millones de euros | puertos.es". www.puertos.es. Retrieved 2024-06-29.